“Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elemtary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead and of eternal judgement.”
HEBREWS 6:1-2
“…as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, ‘be holy for I am holy.’”
1 PETER 12-16
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another in all wisdom… with gratitude in your hearts. …
COLOSSIANS 3:16
“Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
MATTHEW 5:19
“Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.”
JOB 5:2
“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.”
JOHN 17:24
“My flesh and heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
PSALM 73:26
“In all your ways acknowledge Him,
PROVERBS 3:6
And He will make your paths straight.”
“ This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:
MATTHEW 3:3
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’”
“can you join him in spreading out the skies,
JOB 37:18
hard as a mirror of cast bronze?”
“ For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”
2 PETER 1:21
“…. Let God be true, and every human being a liar.
ROMANS 3:4
As it is written:
“So that you may be proved right when you speak
and prevail when you judge.””
“Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.”
2 THESSALONIANS 2:3
“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
JAMES 1:23-25
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it- not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it- they will be blessed in what they do.”
“The ruthless will vanish,
the mockers will disappear,
And all who have an eye for evil will be cut down…”
-ISAIAH 29:20
“As when a hungry person dreams of eating, but awakens hungry still;
ISAIAH 29:8
as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking,
but awakens fading and thirsty still.
So will it be with the hoarders of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.”
“We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love and your endurance inspired by hope…
1Thessalonians 1:3-2
We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers.”
“By the sweat of your brow
GENESIS 3:19
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”
“There are six things the Lord hates,
PROVERBS 6:16-19
seven that are detestable to him:
1. haughty eyes,
2. a lying tongue,
3. hands that shed innocent blood,
4. a heart that devises wicked schemes,
5. feet that are quick to rush into evil,
6. a false witness who pours out lies
7. and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
“For wisdom will enter your heart,
PROVERBS 2;10-11
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Discression will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.”
The eyes are the lamp of the body. When you are stoned, those lamps are tinted-over; what you view, looking-out, is tinted; and what others view, looking-in is glossed-over.
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.”
MATTHEW 6:22
“Love your neighbor as yourself, …”
“Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?
JAMES 2:5-10
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.”
“Keep the Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then, you will be prosperous and successful.”
JOSHUA 1:8
“Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.”
JOHN 12:25
“Love the Lord with all your heart and all your strength.
MARK 12:30-31
Secondly, love your neighbor as you love yourself.”
“Not that I have already obtained this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.”
PHILIPPIANS 3:12
When you forget your past, you drop your old cross.
Jesus then said to his disciples,
MATTHEW 16:24-26
“If any man will follow me, let him forsake himself: and take up his cross, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
For what shall it profit a man though he should win the whole world, if he lose his own soul? or what shall a man give for recompense of his soul?”
“Adelphoi,
PHILIPPIANS 3:13
I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it; but one thing I do:
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.”
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, and against the worldly governors, the princes of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness, which are in the high places.”
EPHESIANS 6:12
““Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone.
“If any one sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity.”
LEVITICUS 5:1
“May these words of my mouth
PSALM 19:14
and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight, Lord,
my Rock and my Redeemer.”
“… For in arrogance, there is great ruin and great instability.
Book of Tobit 4:13
In idleness, there is loss and dire poverty, for idleness is the mother of famine.”
“Give careful thought to the paths for your feet
PROVERBS 4:26-27
and be steadfast in all your ways.
Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.”
“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
JAMES 3:13-18
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.”
“He said to them, “Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side?
1 CHRONICLES 22:18-19
For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the Lord and to his people.
Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God.
Begin to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord.”
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,
EPHESIANS 6:12-17
against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?
ROMANS 10:14-17
And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?
And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
But not all the Israelites accepted the good news.For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.”
This is related to tomorrow’s post. Check back at 4:20 a.m. tomorrow!
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
MATTHEW 28:18-20
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.””
“The wicked put up a bold front,
PROVERBS 21:29-31
but the upright give thought to their ways.
There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.
The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but victory rests with the Lord.”
“Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
1 CORINTHIANS 4:18
But I will come to you very soon, … and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
What do you prefer? Shall I came to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?”
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
PROVERBS 6:29-35
People do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
But a man who commits adultery has no sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.
Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away.
For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.”
“These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips,
ISAIAH 29:13
but their hearts are far from me.
Their worship of me is based merely human rules they have been taught.”
Also in MATTHEW 15:17-19
“Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.”
JAMES 3:1
“So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
ROMANS 11:5-6
And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.”
“…
JEREMIAH 6:16
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls. …”
“Ask God to keep blood in your bodies and not on the ground.”
Don Adams
“Give careful thought to the[a] paths for your feet
PROVERBS 4:26-27
and be steadfast in all your ways.
Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.”
“because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
HEBREWS 12:6
“In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching[a] you received from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:6-14
For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.
And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them,in order that they may feel ashamed. 15 Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.
“But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.”
“He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
Matthew 15:13-20
Leave them; they are blind guides.[a] If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
EPHESIANS 6:12-13
but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”
The farmer sows the word.
MARK 4:13-17
Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown.
As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.”
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
MATTHEW 7:15-21
By their fruit you will recognize them.
Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
“This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.”
1 CORINTHIANS 4:1
“My roots will reach to the water,
JOB 29:19-21
and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
My glory will not fade;
the bow will be ever new in my hand.’
“People listened to me expectantly,
waiting in silence for my counsel.”
“We work hard with our own hands.
1 CORINTHIANS 4:12-13
When we are cursed,
we bless;
when we are persecuted,
we endure it;
when we are slandered,
we answer kindly.
We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.”
“…forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
Jesus, LUKE 23:34
“The light shines in the Darkness, and the Darkness comprehends the light not!“
JOHN 1:5
“I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, …,
1 CORINTHIANS 1:10
that all of you agree with one another in what you say
and that there be no divisions among you,
but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.”
“Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court.
MATTHEW 5:25
Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge,
and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.”
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”
ROMANS 13:8
“Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked,
Isaiah 39:3-4
“What did those men say, and where did they come from?”
“From a distant land,” Hezekiah replied. “They came to me from Babylon.”
The prophet asked,
“What did they see in your palace?”
“They saw everything in my palace,”
Hezekiah said.
“There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
“Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God.”
PHILIPPIANS 1:27-28
“When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.
“The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who l
ived there. The Jebusites said to David,
“You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.”
They thought, “David cannot get in here.”
“Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.”
2Samuel 5:11
“Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
PSALM 66:3
So great is your power
that your enemies cringe before you.”
“Do not do to anyone what you yourself hate. Do not drink wine to excess or allow drunkenness to become your companion on your journey of life.”
BOOK OF TOBBIT 4:14-15
“For God will bring every deed into judgment,
ECCLESIASTES 12:14
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.”
“I was found by those who did not seek me;
ROMANS 10:20-21
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”
But concerning Israel he says,
“All day long I have held out my hands out to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
“Let your conversation be always full of grace,seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
Colossians 4:6
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
“Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written:
ROMANS 12:19-21
“It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.
On the contrary:
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business.
JOHN 15:15-17
Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”
“Blessed are the merciful,
MATTHEW 5:7-9
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.”
“Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
EPHESIANS 6:17
“In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith,with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
EPHESIANS 6:16
“…and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.”
EPHESIANS 6:15
“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,”
Ephesians 6:14
“For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
ROMANS 8:14-16
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.
And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.”
““Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
MATTHEW 5:17
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,…”
ROMANS 5:1
“let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.”
HEBREWS 10:22
“Against you, you only, have I sinned
PSALMS 51:4
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.”
“Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written:
ROMANS 3:4
“So that you may be proved right when you speak
and prevail when you judge.””
“I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”
“For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
HEBREWS 10:14-16
The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
‘This is the covenant I will make with them after that time,’ says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”
“Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.”
MATTHEW 3:8
“…unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
MATTHEW 18:3
“Let a righteous man strike me- that is kindness; let him rebuke me- that is oil on my head.”
“Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’”
LUKE 23:34
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”
Paul
“ Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.”
GENESIS 21:33
“Beloved,
follow not that which is evil,
but that which is good.
He that doeth good is of God;
but he that doeth evil
hath not seen God.”
“Let a righteous man strike me- that is kindness; let him rebuke me- that is oil on my head.”
“Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities,
to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,
to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle to everyone.”
“… the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the words, retain it and by preserving crops.”
Jesus
“Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.”
“Dear Children,
Let us not love with word or speech
but in deed and in truth.”
“Our Father
Which art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth
as it is
in Heaven.
Give us this day, our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass upon us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil;
for thine is the Kingdom
and the power
and the glory
forever and ever.
Amen”
“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.”
“Jesus said, ‘It is written: Man shall not live on bread alone, but on the word that comes from the mouth of God.”
“Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight reign on their tongue deceives themselves, and their religion is worthless.”
“Unless the Lord had given me help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.”
“And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.”
“Gather to me this consecrated people
PSALM 50:5
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice”
“Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.”
ROMANS 11:22
“Many nations will come from afar to the name of the Lord God,
Book of Tobit 13:11
bearing gifts in their hands, gifts for the King of heaven.”
“Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and there is nothing hid from its heat.”
“… yet their voice goes out through all the earth,
PSALM 19:4
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun, …”
“For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
“Do not give dogs what is sacred;
MATTHEW 7:6
do not throw your pearls to pigs.
If you do, they may trample them under their feet
and turn
and tear you to pieces.”
“Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.”
MATTHEW 24:40
